METODE DEDISCERTA MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MEMBACA PEMAHAMAN SISWA (DEDISC METHOD AND IMPROVE STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS)

Abstract

In general, students with poor reading comprehension appear because the method used by the teacher in reading lesson is considered as less attractive. Moreover, some teacher tends to use a classical method, such as asking the students to read a passage, then, they have to answer the question related to the passage. In this case, the students who have a good reading skill tend to get smarter due to the use of this classic method, whereas the students with poor reading comprehension are still left behind. Therefore, this study is conducted in order to make learning activities to be more fun and attractive for the students. Thus, the students are more able to recognize, comprehend, and remember the vocabulary or the sentence by using kana. The method used in this study is called Dediscerta. This method is a collaboration of the Demonstration Method, Discussion Method, Lecture Method, and FAQ Method. Dediscerta Method is used during Japanese lesson where reading the passage becomes the core in learning activitiy. Demonstration Method however, is used when the students are practicing their pronunciation, comprehension, as well as their recognition related to vocabulary or sentence by using a picture card, a letter card, or a slide. Discussion Method is used when the students are divided into several groups, and they have to discuss the given passage. The next method which is Lecture Method, is used when the teacher explains a number of important points related to the grammar rules, and the regulation of that learning activity. The last method called FAQ is used at the end of learning activity where the students are allowed to ask and give a comment, and to summarize their learning activities in that day. The results of this study show that the use of Dediscerta Method in reading activities has been improving the students' reading comprehension, especially for those who have reading problems. The improvement of students' comprehension and recognition are proved when their results are above the expected grade. Therefore, Dediscerta Method is considered as a good guidance for improving the students' reading comprehension. In this sense, this method has indicated that reading problems among the students could be solved by anyone once they recognize the core of the problem, and once they know the right action to solve it.

Keywords

• dediscerta method
• reading comprehension
• students reading ability